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When Chen Cheng revealed everything he knew.

Meng Lan was completely bewildered.

She truly hadn't expected that Lin Chen would change so much in the three years they hadn't seen each other.

Her subordinates discovered that Lin Chen had transferred from a vocational school to a high school because he was recommended for admission to Tsinghua or Peking University.

However, he did not tell her the reason why Lin Chen was recommended for admission.

It turned out that he was recognized for his potential by two senior professors from Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Longyan University of Technology.

Especially Professor Wang from Long University of Science and Technology.

Because of her husband, Meng Lan had met him many times.

There are many students who are admitted to universities through special admission programs, but it is rare for him to actually choose a student.

Even someone as intelligent as her husband.

In Professor Wang's eyes, he was just an ordinary person.

How could someone like Old Wang now hold Lin Chen in such high regard?

Simply incredible!

Three years ago, she couldn't see anything special about this kid.

How could he change so much in just three years?

Just as Meng Lan was silent, her phone suddenly rang.

Meng Lan glanced at it and then answered the phone.

"what?!"

Meng Lan suddenly exclaimed in surprise, almost dropping her phone.

She reached out and turned on the TV in her house, then found a channel.

The channel was displaying an urgent news report.

"This station has just received news that a flight from South Korea to Jiangcheng has crashed off the coast of Jiangcheng, and all passengers on board are feared to have perished..."

As Lin Chen listened to the news, he saw that Chen Xiaoxiao's mother's face had turned deathly pale.

Perhaps because of the presence of an outsider like herself, she held back her tears despite her red eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Meng Lan went into her room, closed the door, and made a phone call.

Lin Chen asked curiously, "Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with your mother? Were any members of your family on that plane?"

"Really? Nobody in my family lives abroad."

Chen Xiaoxiao also looked puzzled.

Chen Cheng's eyes remained fixed on the television screen.

Then, Chen Cheng suddenly took out his phone and started searching for something.

A moment later, Lin Chen and Chen Xiaoxiao saw him let out a long sigh.

"Dad! Do you know something?"

"Ah."

Chen Cheng nodded.

"There was one person on that plane who your mother's company went to great lengths to hire. Your mother had arranged to meet him tomorrow..."

After Chen Cheng explained, the two finally learned the truth behind Chen's mother's earlier outburst.

It turns out that Meng Lan's company had been negotiating with an overseas scientist for the past few years.

The other party is a leading expert in the field of programming, who possesses core technologies related to chip design software.

This big shot had already made arrangements and was supposed to return to China in the next few days to join Meng Lan's company.

I never expected this to happen...

Lin Chen suddenly realized.

He had previously read articles introducing chip design software online.

In this era, although China has risen, it is still held back by foreign countries in many fields.

The most famous of these is undoubtedly the lithography machine in the chip manufacturing field.

But in fact, apart from lithography machines, China has also been held back by foreign countries in chip design software.

What many people don't know is that China is actually facing an even more severe bottleneck in chip design software.

Chip design software has historically been completely monopolized by overseas companies.

Compared to overseas software, domestic chip design software lags behind even more than domestically developed chips.

No wonder Meng Lan was so shocked when she heard the news.

This air disaster claimed more than just the lives of hundreds of passengers.

It also meant missing out on one of the best opportunities for China to rise in the field of chip design software.

"How unlucky! It just so happens that this plane had an accident?" Chen Xiaoxiao muttered.

"This isn't bad luck...this..."

Chen Cheng stopped speaking halfway through his sentence, as if he had thought of something.

But he forgot that Lin Chen and Chen Xiaoxiao were not ordinary children, but two top students.

He only said half of what he wanted to say, but the two of them guessed the rest.

"Dad, you mean this wasn't an accident? It was deliberate? My God, that can't be!"

"Could it have been done by people from over there?"

Seeing that the two of them had guessed it, Chen Cheng simply decided not to hide it anymore.

"Probably, and this isn't the first time."

"Back then, there was a group of researchers who returned from overseas, and they were all experts in the field of chips."

"If these people had returned to China, our chip manufacturing technology research could have been advanced by at least ten years."

"It's a pity that everyone was wiped out because of a plane crash!"

Chen Cheng himself is not an expert in chips, but his wife works in the field.

Therefore, he knows quite a bit about the inside story in this regard.

Chen Xiaoxiao found it hard to believe: "Is it possible to cause a plane crash just for a few experts?"

"This isn't a problem with a few experts; it's a matter of tens of billions, even trillions, of dollars in profits. Forget it, you're all still kids; you don't need to know too much about this."

Chen Cheng abruptly ended the conversation.

There are some things he really doesn't want to say.

I'm afraid I won't be able to control my emotions if I say anything.

In fact, in the scientific field, those overseas forces, from the grassroots to the national level, have done a lot of shady things in order to strangle China.

Back then, in order to prevent China from mastering nuclear technology, those people illegally detained Qian Xuesen, tortured and coerced him, and even caused him to almost lose his ability to speak.

And in the chip industry over the years, the crimes they have committed are countless.

There are verifiable records of several chip experts who went abroad to attend research conferences being detained for various reasons and imprisoned on trumped-up charges.

Of those unverifiable cases, the plane crash of that year was one example, but there were also many cases of chip experts dying unexpectedly.

Therefore, it's not surprising that they would do anything to curb the development of China's chip technology.

In Chen Cheng's view, both his daughter and Lin Chen are likely to become scientists in the future.

It's best to keep this dark side of the scientific community a secret for now.

Chen Cheng underestimated the two of them.

Even if he didn't say it, Chen Xiaoxiao and Lin Chen could guess most of it.

Chen Xiaoxiao was shocked by the cruelty of the adult world.

But Lin Chen suddenly had an idea.

If only I could solve the chip design software problem for Meng Lan.

Will my mother-in-law finally accept me?

Although with Lin Chen's current skill level, solving the chip design software problem is simply a pipe dream.

But the problem is he has cheat codes!

At this moment, Meng Lan finally finished her phone call.

She hurriedly put on her coat and, while putting on her shoes, said, "Honey, I'm going back to the company. I probably won't be back tonight."

"Make breakfast for Xiaoxiao tomorrow."

"Okay, Xiaoxiao, I'll see your mom off." Chen Cheng said as he put on his shoes.

He went out the door with Meng Lan.

As soon as they entered the elevator, Meng Lan glared at him and said, "Why are you bringing me here? Your daughter is home alone with a boy. Are you really that comfortable with that?"

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Don't overthink it. What kind of person is our daughter? Would she not pay attention to this kind of thing?"

"Besides, Lin Chen is also very outstanding. I can see that he has changed a lot since three years ago!"

"You thought she wasn't good enough for your daughter back then, but look at her now!"

"My daughter is about to go to college, and she should have the freedom to make friends."

Meng Lan was speechless: "I just don't understand. In other families, it's the fathers who worry about their daughters dating. How come you're so at ease with your daughter?"

"It's not that I'm reassured, it's that I understand your daughter!"

Chen Cheng put his arm around his wife's waist and said, "Don't worry, even if your daughter likes Lin Chen, she won't do anything inappropriate."

"I can also tell that Lin Chen isn't the kind of kid who lacks sense of propriety."

Meng Lan shook her head, rubbing her forehead. This father must have gone crazy from doing research.

How could he be so indifferent to his own daughter's affairs!

Even if Lin Chen is a top student, he is still a boy after all!

With such a beautiful daughter, how could a boy in his adolescence resist doing something to her?

Unfortunately, now that this has happened, she can only talk to that kid in person another day.

No matter what, we must make sure that kid keeps his distance from my daughter!